The 86th
Armored Brigade belonged to the Vermont Army
National Guard and was assigned to the 26th Infantry
Division. In peacetime it controlled only two armor
battalions (M60A1 tanks armed with a 105mm gun) but upon mobilization it would probably
have acquired the 1-101 Infantry, a mechanized
infantry battalion (M113 APCs) of the Massachusetts Army
National Guard whose peacetime higher headquarters
was 3rd Brigade, 26th Infantry Division.
Accordingly, I have chosen to show this battalion as
a unit of the 86th Armored Brigade.

Infantry and armor battalions of the Army National
Guard were mostly organized under the Army of
Excellence (AoE) scheme with a headquarters company,
three lettered maneuver companies and a combat
support (CS) company.